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Agency Overreach? Musk's Starship Rocket Launch Delayed Over Fish & Wildlife Service's...
• Zero HedgeA reporter from rocket blog NASASpaceflight reveals Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, has been placed under review (again) by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, with consultation by the Federal Aviation Administration, about the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
This review process will take upwards of 135 days and delay any imminent rocket launch because the government wants to understand the environmental impacts of rocket launches.
Updated statement from the FWS regarding the Starship status:
— Adrian Beil (@BCCarCounters) October 26, 2023
- On Oct. 19, FWS reinitiated consultation with the FAA about the Endangered Species Act.
- While the FWS has 135 days to issue an amended opinion, they do not expect to take the full time.@NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/NN9HZAT4aa